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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Vedergällningen Garmarna	5	2.89	+2.11
Inside Bo Burnham	5	2.93	+2.07
Melt My Eyez See Your Future Denzel Curry	5	2.95	+2.05
El Circo Maldita Vecindad Y Los Hijos Del 5to. Patio	5	3.26	+1.74
The Simple Plan August is Falling	4	2.44	+1.56
The Black Parade My Chemical Romance	5	3.52	+1.48
Come And Get It Rachel Stevens	4	2.62	+1.38
AmarElo Emicida	4	2.76	+1.24
RENAISSANCE Beyoncé	4	2.91	+1.09
Loss Mull Historical Society	4	2.93	+1.07

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Piledriver Status Quo	1	2.84	-1.84
Turn On The Bright Lights Interpol	2	3.64	-1.64
Kick INXS	2	3.57	-1.57
Last Splash The Breeders	2	3.46	-1.46
TEKKNO Electric Callboy	1	2.42	-1.42
Smell No Evil Ookla The Mok	1	2.41	-1.41
A Black Mile To The Surface Manchester Orchestra	2	3.19	-1.19
HELLYEAH HELLYEAH	1	2.16	-1.16
Diamond Jubilee Cindy Lee	2	3.15	-1.15
Sunset Mission Bohren & Der Club Of Gore	2	3.15	-1.15

5-Star Albums (6)

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Diamonds & Gasoline

Turnpike Troubadours · 1 likes

3/5

Overall sound was good and some nice songwriting. Just not totally my type of music to where I’d thoroughly enjoy a whole album. 6/10

Vedergällningen

Garmarna · 1 likes

5/5

I didn’t expect Swedish folk/trip-hop to be the highlight of my day but here we are! This album slaps even without me understanding a single word. Ten-out-of-ten would Vedergällningen again. 10/10

Inside

Bo Burnham · 1 likes

5/5

I must thank whoever added this here. It's a comedy album that still should be taken seriously. or the other way around - it's a serious album that uses comedy to lighten some of the messages. I've loved Bo for a while and the songs on this album some of his best. 9/10

Loss

Mull Historical Society · 1 likes

4/5

A fun little one! Pretty catchy hooks and production is slightly out there, although not as off-the-wall as I was expecting but still cool. 7/10

Barafundle

Gorky's Zygotic Mynci · 1 likes

4/5

It's kinda like if a circus troupe made artsy folk music... but like good? 7/10

1-Star Albums (4)

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Loss

Mull Historical Society

4/5

A fun little one! Pretty catchy hooks and production is slightly out there, although not as off-the-wall as I was expecting but still cool. 7/10

Dilate

Ani DiFranco

3/5

Was fine overall. Maybe a bit too angsty for my taste. 5/10

Stranger In Town

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

3/5

I'm pretty shocked this wasn't on the original list, seems like exactly the type of commercially successful classic rock that there are quite a few of. The record itself is decent, but the hits are definitely hits for a reason, and the others vice versa. 5/10

Being Funny In A Foreign Language

The 1975

3/5

I hadn't listened to The 1975 for a while, probably since they got popular when I was in high school. This record is a bit more varied than I expected from them, and is certainly a nice listen, but I couldn't recall too many of the specifics of the songs if I needed to. 6/10

People Watching

Sam Fender

4/5

I mostly enjoyed it. Even though I did read it on the Wiki, the influence from War on Drugs is very noticeable, but luckily that War on Drugs album was a nice surprise for me from the list so I liked this one too. 7/10

Milo Goes to College

Descendents

4/5

A silly little one. I liked the bluntness of it all, even if they really all sound similar. 8/10

John Dawson Winter III

Johnny Winter

2/5

It's just.... generic. Majority of the songs titles have either 'rock', 'roll', or 'blues' in them which perhaps reflects a lack of originality here. 3/10

McDonald and Giles

Ian McDonald

3/5

Didn’t hate it. The songs really just meander around into random shapes which is fun. 6/10

Millennium

Backstreet Boys

3/5

Damn, the nostalgia is strong with this one... Starts off pretty well but gets very spotty beyond that. Everything just gets simplified to make the songs interesting for their full runtime. 6/10

Kick

INXS

2/5

Catchy but forgettable. 4/10

Bloody Kisses

Type O Negative

2/5

A few good moments but the rest is not for me. 3/10

Yellow & Green

Baroness

3/5

For a metal record, it's very soft and melodic. Some of it is really pleasant, but I can't say I love the vocals for such a soft musical style (I think the singer works best on the harder songs). Decent enough! 6/10

Choirs Of The Eye

Kayo Dot

2/5

Just couldn't get into it.... 3/10

Year of the Cat

Al Stewart

4/5

Silky smooth and catchy! 7/10

A Beginner's Mind

Sufjan Stevens

4/5

Had heard this one a few times before. I think Sufjan has better albums, but this one is still solid. Album cover throws me off every time though still. 7/10

The Shape Of Jazz To Come

Ornette Coleman

3/5

So free. So jazz. 6/10

Discovery

Daft Punk

5/5

Awesome album. Tons of variation to keep it fresh and the songs themselves are just fun. 9/10

Last Splash

The Breeders

2/5

Noisey, thrashy, rough-around- the-edges. It was okay. 4/10

Alexisonfire

2/5

This was never really gonna go too well for me…. 4/10

King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown

King Tubby

3/5

Issavibe. 5/10

Origin of Symmetry

Muse

4/5

Yeah this is a good one, and probably should've been the one on the list from Muse over Black Holes and Revelations. A bit too guitar-driven for my taste but I can't deny that it's good. 8/10

Dear You

Jawbreaker

2/5

It grows... tiresome.. 4/10

Diamond Jubilee

Cindy Lee

2/5

Just not for me I think. 3/10

Are You Shpongled?

Shpongle

2/5

I could not imagine actively listening to this whole thing. As background music it's decent but most of the songs are just too repetitive and stale by the end. 4/10

City Of Evil

Avenged Sevenfold

3/5

I do like some more slower, more melodic A7X… 5/10

Up To Here

The Tragically Hip

2/5

Rather generic. Sounds identical to like 30 other albums from the list so I don't really get it. 3/10

Inside

Bo Burnham

5/5

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Neutral Milk Hotel

4/5

This album pops up all over the place in online discourse, but I've never listened to it til now. I mostly did enjoy it! I didn't realize how much of an influence they were on bands I enjoyed like Beirut, with whom there is a lot of overlap here. 7/10

Grand Prix

Teenage Fanclub

3/5

Decently fun, super hooky and more pop-centric than I expected. 6/10

Melt My Eyez See Your Future

Denzel Curry

5/5

Denzel is one of my favorite artists ever and I think pretty slept on in the rap world, so I'm super glad someone put him on this list. This album isn't my favorite from him (TA13OO), but it's still awesome and has some of his best rapping and bars. 9/10

Magnolia Electric Co.

Songs: Ohia

4/5

A nice one. Maybe a bit too vague/poetic in the lyrics, but still sounds really good. 7/10

After Hours

The Weeknd

4/5

I think the production does a lot of the carrying on this one. It’s immaculately punchy and clean. The songwriting could definitely be better though. 7/10

Afraid Of Sunlight

Marillion

3/5

Kinda cool. More art rock-y thank I expected from the album art and wiki. 6/10

HELLYEAH

1/5

HELLYEAH. 2/10

Out of the Blue

Debbie Gibson

2/5

Music is meh. I'm more blown away by the fact I've never heard of this woman and how commercially successful she was in her time. 4/10

Barafundle

Gorky's Zygotic Mynci

4/5

It's kinda like if a circus troupe made artsy folk music... but like good? 7/10

Smell No Evil

Ookla The Mok

1/5

I’m sorry I really tried but I just couldn’t do it. 1/10

The Monitor

Titus Andronicus

3/5

Quite noisy and muddled. Not bad for a little bit but grows pretty old by the end of the thing. 5/10

Diamonds & Gasoline

Turnpike Troubadours

3/5

Overall sound was good and some nice songwriting. Just not totally my type of music to where I’d thoroughly enjoy a whole album. 6/10

Young Team

Mogwai

3/5

The sound is good, but I must admit all of the songs basically are extended interludes that vary between quite and wall-of-sound loud. 5/10

Wet Leg

3/5

It’s a hooky little thing. Short and sweet, but ultimately pretty forgettable musical and thematically. 6/10

Ocean Avenue

Yellowcard

3/5

There's like a handful (+ maybe one or two) of pretty good songs. The rest is a bit generic.

Bon Iver

4/5

To be honest, it sounds really good... like the overall sound is really nice and well made. But maybe my engineering-based brain just can't handle the uber-abstract lyrics to get any real meaning from the songs. 7/10

Afrociberdelia

Chico Science

3/5

I was flip-flopping between "This is bangers" and "This is tiring, when will it end?". I love how punchy the drums are on many of the songs though. 5/10

London 0 Hull 4

The Housemartins

4/5

Yeah it's nice! Cute and simple and catchy. 7/10

Vedergällningen

Garmarna

5/5

I didn’t expect Swedish folk/trip-hop to be the highlight of my day but here we are! This album slaps even without me understanding a single word. Ten-out-of-ten would Vedergällningen again. 10/10

TEKKNO

Electric Callboy

1/5

All-around cringe. 1/10

Get Fucked

The Chats

4/5

Short and sweet. Tons of energy throughout and just a solid punk sound. 8/10

Que c'est triste Venise

Charles Aznavour

3/5

A pleasant little listen. 6/10

Currents

Tame Impala

4/5

No doubt it’s a very solid album. I love the longer, more drawn-out song structure that Kevin does so well on this one. And the frickin’ baselines are killer. 8/10

AmarElo

Emicida

4/5

Super chill for the most part. I liked it! The sequencing of tracks wasn’t my favorite though, with a lot of the harder songs towards the end. Besides that it’s pretty cool. 7/10

Demon Days

Gorillaz

4/5

So so so so close to being a 5 with this one, but there's just a few rather forgettable tracks--looking at you, Intro and Demon Days :|. Everything else is fire though. 8/10

For Emma, Forever Ago

Bon Iver

3/5

I can't say it's my favorite work from Bon Iver. Too soft and same-y for me, along with my inability to fully understand what their songs are about. 6/10

Boys And Girls in America

The Hold Steady

3/5

I like the last few songs. Starts out a bit too generic and just noise rock guitars in your face sounding for me. 6/10

Loss Of Life

MGMT

4/5

I hadn't listened to this one in about a year so it was nice to go back to it. There's maybe 2-3 duds mixed in, but for the most part its a really solid album with super catchy hooks and interesting instrumentation. 8/10

Boxer

The National

3/5

I'd say it's fine. A few standouts and the rest is decent. 6/10

Sunset Mission

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore

2/5

Great for background music but if I'm actively trying to listen to this I'm going to go crazy. 4/10

We Like It Here

Snarky Puppy

3/5

Some decent passages here and there but gets pretty stale stale after 50 mins of straight jamming. 5/10

Yeti

Amon Düül II

3/5

Kinda cool. Reminds me of an abstract Black Sabbath or something. 5/10

The Simple Plan

August is Falling

4/5

A very solid, tough-in-cheek pop punk EP. It's just a few silly little punk songs with good hooks, not much else to say. 8/10

Imaginal Disk

Magdalena Bay

4/5

I've tried to love this album, and I've probably listened to it 10 times since it's come out, but I can't seem to get past mildly enjoying it. There's a few fantastic songs but many of the songs in between don't standout enough. 7/10

Maestro

Kaizers Orchestra

4/5

It's weird, the vocals on this one are like those "what English sounds like to people who don't speak English" and I never expexted that from Norwegian. I'm not complaining, it's a pretty fun album. 7/10

Oncle Jazz

Men I Trust

3/5

I really enjoy Men I Trust in small doses, but unfortunately this album runs way too long. 6/10

Take to the Skies

Enter Shikari

3/5

Not bad. It's like a more playful Linkin Park or something. I think the mixing of electronic and metal was done pretty well and results in some really cool passages. 6/10

I And Love And You

The Avett Brothers

4/5

It's pretty good. Starts super somber and slow and picks up with some rowdy ones towards the end. Quite nice! 7/10

Blink-182

blink-182

4/5

This was a fun one. I've never really tried to get into Blink-182 so much but this makes me pretty curious about their catalogue. A lot of pretty, melodic stuff here to go with the brash pop-punk songs. 8/10

RENAISSANCE

Beyoncé

4/5

I love how unapologetically horny this album is at times. Just really goes for it and doesn't hold back. 8/10

People Who Eat People Are The Luckiest People In The World

AJJ

3/5

Kinda cute and funny. Also pretty frickin' dark at times too. 6/10

Rose Mountain

Screaming Females

4/5

I liked it! Good energy and songwriting. 7/10

Espers

4/5

Pretty cool! One or two of the songs don't do much for me (particularly the penultimate one), but the rest very elegant and pretty. 7/10

A City Dressed In Dynamite

That Handsome Devil

3/5

This was like Tom Waits in his jazzcat era mixed with Andre 3000 or something lol wild stuff. 5/10

Control

Pedro The Lion

3/5

Decent. A good mix of simple, indie sounding songs and then more grand, wall-of-guitars stuff, both of which are pulled off well. 6/10

Nuyorican Soul

3/5

A chill little album. 6/10

A Black Mile To The Surface

Manchester Orchestra

2/5

The overall sound is quite pleasant and pretty, but I don't think there was quite enough to grab and hold my attention for most of the songs. 4/10

Spilt Milk

Jellyfish

3/5

Couldn’t totally get into it but a decent amount of fun tracks here. 6/10

Excitable Boy

Warren Zevon

3/5

Seems like the sorta thing that definitely should be on the original list. Not that it’s amazing, but just has the same vibe and relevance as a lot of the other albums there. 5/10

Racine carrée

Stromae

4/5

I'd say this is more down my alley than most on here, so I appreciate the addition of it to the list. I can't speak to the lyrical content, but instrumentally it sounds very good with a solid amount of variation, albeit lacking in originality. 8/10

Real Life

Joan As Police Woman

4/5

It's good! Like a really nice mix of Fiona Apple and Norah Jones, her voice is silky and so pleasant. 8/10

Turn On The Bright Lights

Interpol

2/5

I can't say I get it... it's certainly not bad, but really nothing to note either. 4/10

The Black Parade

My Chemical Romance

5/5

Love it. Just on the brilliance of Welcome to the Black Parade it could be a 5-star. 9/10

Look Sharp!

Joe Jackson

3/5

Kinda meh… “is she really going out with him?” Is super nostalgic for me because my parents played that loads in my childhood, but the rest didn’t make me feel much. 3/10

How to Operate With a Blown Mind

Lo Fidelity Allstars

3/5

3 or 4 pretty good to really cool songs. The rest get quite boring with how repetitive they are. 5/10

Ida Con Snock

Michael Hurley

3/5

Kinda cute kinda annoying and repetitive. 5/10

Piledriver

Status Quo

1/5

It’s just…. boring. Im sorry I don’t see what this adds to the list compared to the ~100 others that are so similar. 2/10

Alopecia

WHY?

2/5

A lot of sounds going on here, not all good but many are also pretty solid. Unfortunately the lyrics are too often cringey or nonsensical to make much of it enjoyable. 4/10

Come And Get It

Rachel Stevens

4/5

Mostly a very catchy, cute little album. I wish Spotify's quality of the tracks was better because some of them would be banger pop song if they didn't sound so muddled and compressed. 7/10

El Circo

Maldita Vecindad Y Los Hijos Del 5to. Patio

5/5

This one was really great! Good vibes all around. 10/10